Eneolithic Archaeology of Podgoritsa

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Ruth Tringham博士和她的合作者将在保加利亚东北部的Podgoritsa考古遗址进行三个季节的实地研究。可追溯到新石器时代，这个“tell”或居住丘在公元前5000-4500年被占领。先前的研究表明，这一时期跨越了农业被引入东欧的时期。这个土堆，因为它由一系列分层的家庭区域组成，保存了丰富的文化遗迹，提供了一个很好的潜在窗口，了解人类在这一时期是如何适应的。研究小组将进行全面的区域调查和重点，特别是用于生产石器的燧石等重要资源的地理分布。通过地表采集和地下土壤探测，将对该地区进行密集采样。最后，将挖掘大量的土丘区域，以暴露房屋遗迹并收集文化材料。后者将由一组专家进行分析。Podgoritsa项目的意义在于两个层面。首先，它将提供有关东欧文化史的重要新信息，并有助于记录定居乡村生活的扩张。不过，这项研究也将涉及对农业社会研究具有普遍理论意义的问题，这些问题涉及人口增长和扩大、定居的社会后果、生产的集约化以及家庭作为有组织的社会和经济单位的作用。这项工作还将有助于东欧考古学的发展，并有助于在保加利亚和美国之间建立更牢固的科学联系。

Tringham With National Science Foundation support Dr. Ruth Tringham and her collaborators will conduct three seasons of field research at the archaeological site of Podgoritsa in Northeast Bulgaria. Dating to the Neolithic period, this "tell" or habitation mound was occupied from ca. 5000-4500 BC. Prior work indicates that this period spans the interval when agriculture was introduced into Eastern Europe. The mound, because it consists of a stratified series of household areas which preserve abundant cultural remains, provides an excellent potential window into how human populations adapted over this period. The research team will conduct a general regional survey and focus, in particular on the geographic distribution of important resources such as flint which was used to produce stone tools. The area around the tell will be intensively sampled through surface collection and sub-surface soil probing. Finally extensive mound areas will be excavated to expose house remains and collect cultural materials. These latter will be analyzed by a team of specialists. The significance of the Podgoritsa project lies at two levels. First it will provide important new information on the culture history of Eastern Europe and help to document the expansion of settled village life. However the research will also address questions of general theoretical interest for the study of agricultural societies and these involve population growth and expansion, the social consequences of sedentism, the intensification of production and the role of the household as an organizing social and economic unit. The work will also aid the development of archaeology in Eastern Europe and help to forge stronger scientific ties between Bulgaria and the United States.